- k - "k" as in "skip"
- s - "s" as in "soup"
- sh - "sh" as in "sheep", before i or in sh-syllables (si-yV (sha, shu, sho)).
- t - "t" as in "stop"
- chi - "chee" as in "cheer", before i or in ch-syllables (ti-yV (cha, chu, cho)
- ホイホイチャーハン (Hoi, hoi, chaahan, "Hoi, hoi, fried rice")
- tsu - "tsoo" as in "Sun Tzu"
- chi - "chee" as in "cheer", before i or in ch-syllables (ti-yV (cha, chu, cho)
- n - "n" as in "now"
- -n (final n) - something like "ng" as in "sing"
- ん”ん”ん”ん”ん”ん”ん”(肯定) (pronounced as "Ñññññññ (koutei)")
- -n (final n) - something like "ng" as in "sing"
- h - "h" as in "how"
- hi - "hee" as in "here"
- fu - "few" as in "few"
- m - "m" as in "many"
- y - "y" as in "yard"
- r - "ttl" as in "bottle" in some American English dialects
- wa - "wah" was in "want"
- wo is pronounced as "oh", as it currently only functions as a grammatical marker.
- The English letter w is used for "warawara" or "warai" (laughing), the Japanese equivalent of "LOL". It can be repeated so much, that "草" (kusa, "grass") is used instead of a lengthy zigzag of w's.
- g - "g" as in "go"
- z - "dz" as in "adze"
- j - "j" as in "Jeep", before i or in j-syllables (zi-yV/di-yV (ja, ju, jo))
- d - "d" as in "dart"
- b - "b" as in "bet"
- p - "p" as in "park"
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